​During the first half of 2020, the socio-economic and financial conditions have further worsened. The fast spread of COVID-19 in all Lebanese regions have added further pressures on Lebanon’s macroeconomy and its private sector, as well as living and social conditions. The partial lockdown of the country and the continued economic crisis have adversely affected the domestic economic sectors, especially the trade, industrial, real estate, and construction, transport, banking, and tourism sectors.